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| Born | Juan Luis Galiardo Comes (1940-03-02)2 March 1940 San Roque, Cádiz, Spain |
| Died | 22 June 2012(2012-06-22) (aged 72) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1962–2012 |
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| Children | 5 children |
Juan Luis Galiardo Comes (2 March 1940 – 22 June 2012) was a Spanish television, theater and film actor.[1]
The eldest of six children, Juan Luis Galiardo Comes was born inSan Roque, Cádiz, but spent most of his childhood and youth inBadajoz, where his father had moved following working opportunities. After finishing his secondary education inSeville, Galiardo studied Agricultural Engineering at the University of Madrid.[2] He abandoned his studies in 1961, to enroll the following year at Spain's National Film School (EOC) where he trained as an actor. He began his career working in the theater under the direction of José Luis Alonso de Santos in the theater María Guerrero. With some fellow actors he founded the T.E.I. (Independent Experimental Theatre), directed by Miguel Narros.
Galiardo made his film debut in the leading role inJulio Diamante's filmEl arte de vivir(The Art of Living) (1965).[2] In the next 16 years, he appeared in more than 50 movies, becoming one of the most popular romantic lead actors of Spanish films thanks in great part to his good looks. Among his film of this period are notable his performances inCarlos Saura'sStress es tres, tres (Stress is three, three) (1968),Vicente Aranda'sClara es el precio(Clara is the Price) (1974), and two films byJaime Camino:Mañana será otro dia(Tomorrow is another day) (1966) andLa campanada(Pealing of the Bells) (1980).[2]
In 1979, Galiardo went to Mexico, where he lived for five years, appearing in secondary roles in Mexican films and in popular television dramas.[2] In 1982 he received the Heraldo award as best actor
In 1986, he returned to Spain continuing his acting career and became involved in film production.[2] With Penélope Films, his own production company, he produced the TV seriesTurno de oficio and films likeEl disputado voto del señor Cayo, a film directed byAntonio Giménez-Rico.
With his work in television inTurno de oficio (1986- 1987), Galiardo began to break away from his previous image of leading-man, accepting more dramatic roles and showing a wider range in this, the third phase of his career.[2] He co-starred in some big projects both in film and television as inLa regenta (1995), a production forTelevisión Española directed by Fernando Mendez-Leite. Among his most notable films areThe Little Spanish Soldier (1988);Guarapo (1989);Don Juan, mi querido fantasma (1989);Madregilda (1993);Familia (1996), directed byFernando León de Aranoa;Pajarico (1997), directed byCarlos Saura;Adiós con el corazón (1999), directed byJosé Luis García Sánchez for which Galiardo won theGoya Award as best actor in 2000;Lázaro de Tormes (2000);El caballero Don Quijote (2001); andMiguel y William (2007). His roles in this two last films allowed him to be the only actor to play bothMiguel de Cervantes and his most famous creationDon Quijote de la Mancha.[3]
In 2007, he playedFidel Castro inI Love Miami, a parody of the famous dictator possible flight to Miami as just another rafter. The following year, Galirado played an important role in the gay-themed filmClandestinos, which raised some controversy mainly due to the promotional image of the film. His last film wasLa chispa de la vida (2010), directed byAlex de la Iglesia. He died, aged 72, in Madrid of lung cancer.[3]
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